Partition-rail for roadways



H. U. BOUREAU.

PARTITION RAIL FOR RQADWAYS. APPLICATION FILED DEC-8, 1919.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY U. BOUREAU, QF MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

PARTITION-RAIL FOR ROADWAYS.

To all 10 7mm 1' t may concern:

Be it known that 1, HARRY U. BOUREAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moorestown, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Partition-Rails for Roadways, of -which the following is a specification.

Parts of paved roadways are often leased to railroad or trolley companies under the condition that the company to which the franchise is given must keep in repair the portion of the roadway within a certain zone of the track. This condition without the use of a definite dividing line often resulted in imperfections, such as ruts, which were caused by one of the parties repairing their part of the roadway in such manner that the repair encroached upon the adjacent part of the roadway and in finishing the repaired imperfect joints in the upper surface resulted in the crumbling of the roadway adjacent the joints. In some instances holes which were caused by the breakingof the upper part of the roadway were never properly filled in and consequently ruts or irregularities soon afterward occurred.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved partition rail whiclfcan be securel anchored in a roadway and which will serve as a dividing linebetween portions of the roadway so that repairs can be made at either side of the dividing line without injuring the adjacent portion of the roadway.

Another object is to make my improved partition rail of a strong and durable con-. struction and so that it can be readily manufactured and put in place.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings in which- 1 Figure 1 is afragmentary top plan view I showing a paved roadway having a track therein and my improved partition rail located at opposite sides of the track,

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and I Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a portion of a. length of'one of my improved Referring to the drawing, 4 represents a Specification of Letters Patent.

" integral with the angle rail.

14 are bent downwardly and thenltwisted,

track having rails 5 and 6 spaced apart and resting upon ties 7. A bed 8 of concrete forms the base of the roadway and a top surfacing of asphalt or other suitable material 9 is provided; the rails 5 and 6 being partially embedded in the bed 8 and top surfacing 9, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

My improved partition rail 10 is made of a strip of angle metal which includes two leg portions 11 and 12. This angle rail 10 is embedded in the concrete bed 8 and top surfacing 9 so that theupper edge 13 of the Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

Application filed December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,328.

leg portion 11 is substantially flush with I the upper face of the top surfacing 9; one of the angle rails being located adjacent and outside of the respective rails 5 and 6 of the track 4. The leg portion 12 forms the base of each of the angle rails and this leg portion has tongues 14 cut therefrom, as shown at 14*, by cutting the leg portion 12 lengthwise at predetermined distances apart; said cutting 14, to produce the tongues 14, being located entirely inward from the outer free edge 15. of the angle rail as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Two sides and only one end of the tongues are cut from the leg portion 12 so that the tongues 14 at the opposite ends are still connected and are formed The tongues as shown at 16, so as to extend laterally or transversely to the width of the leg portions 12. These tongues 14 are embedded within the concrete bed 8; and serve to firmly hold the angle rails in position, as shown in Fig. 2.

By thus cutting the tongues 14 inwardly from the edge 15 so as not to interfere with or cut away. said outer edge 15, the entire widthof the leg portion 12 is left intact so as to provide a resisting leverage throu hout the entire width of the angle rail. T is is' an important feature of my invention, since 'comparativelyharrow angle rails can be employed and at the same time insure stabilit of said rails so as not to .rock or turnw en the rails are placedin position. I

When the rails are thus placed in position, the leg portions 11 form dividing elements so that the roadway between the partition rails can be readily repaired without in any way interfering or impairing the portion of the roadway on the outside of the partition rails and in like manner the parts of the roadway on the outside of the partition rails can be repaired without in anyway interfering with or impairing the part of "the roadway between the partition rails.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it will be understood that the various parts of my invention may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes andalterations as fairly come with-' in the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

An angle partition rail for roadways, having one of its legs arranged substantially horizontal to provide a base; and a tongue out and bent from said base; the cutting extending longitudinally of said base and being located entirely within the width thereof; said tongue being bent in the direction of its width from a substantially vertical portion, and having its free end portion extending downwardly and outwardly HAR -RY U. \BOUREAU. l/Vitnesses AUGUSTUS B. CoPPEs,

CHAS. E. Po'r'rs. 

